Executive Council Report December 2006
Let Admissions staff at your school know that Higher
Education Day at the New York State Fair is
In a joint effort between CAAN
and Early Awareness, NYSFAAA passed out bracelets to kids saying “I’m going to
college,” our Early Awareness bookmarks, FAFSA wrappers, and other
literature. We also ran a drawing for two
$500 scholarship good for any NYS college this fall.
Training
There will be three one-day Intermediate Workshops; one for Regions 1,2,3; one for Regions 4,5,8 and one for Regions 6, and 7.
Unrelated business
income.
All events that are sponsored by donations that will be made
to NYSFAAA must have a business purpose in keeping with the intentions and the tax
exempt status of the organization. There
needs to be a meeting with an agenda. Strictly
social events are okay as long as the funds do not flow the NYSFAAA treasury.
Website
NYSFAAA.org is the association’s website. We own NYSFAA.net
and NYSFAAA.net.
Beware of false
sites
NYSFAA.org with two rather than three “A”s is not our
site. We tried to buy it.
Some websites use names that can be misleading. The President sought the help of Sallie Mae because
the site linked to /Sallie Mae and several other lenders. With Sallie Mae’s help the site was shut
down. Be aware of misleading sites.
State Conference
When setting up a state conference, have your own contract,
not just the hotels.
The Executive Council made a determination that the
President will appoint two former conference chairs to provide guidance and be
a liaison to the President and Treasurer.
Proprietary/Non-traditional
Concerns Committee
Needs volunteers and needs to identify its direction and
purpose
There was a discussion about the common interests of clock
hour versus 2 & 4 year proprietary schools.
Clock hour seem to have more in common with Boces.
2 & 4 yr Proprietary have more in common with community
colleges.
Service and
Trademark
Executive Council voted to take advantage of an opportunity
presented by EASFAA to have a service and trademark created.
Membership
– There is $500 available for each region to use for activities to promote
membership. (A little
more for region VI because of its size.)
Gear-up
activities Anyone who did a financial aid presentation at a gear-up high school
– (any NYC public school) Sept. 04 – June ’05, notify Cathy Bellomo
or email me at Avandekker@fordham.edu.